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<figcaption>: The Figure Caption element

The <figcaption> HTML element represents a caption or legend describing the rest of the contents of its parent {{HTMLElement("figure")}} element, providing the <figure> an {{glossary("accessible description")}}.

{{EmbedInteractiveExample("pages/tabbed/figcaption.html","tabbed-shorter")}}

Attributes​

This element only includes the global attributes.

Examples​

Please see the {{HTMLElement("figure")}} page for examples on <figcaption>.

Technical summary​

Content categories None.
Permitted content Flow content.
Tag omission None, both the starting and ending tag are mandatory.
Permitted parents A {{HTMLElement("figure")}} element; the <figcaption> element must be its first or last child.
Implicit ARIA role No corresponding role
Permitted ARIA roles group, none, presentation
DOM interface {{domxref("HTMLElement")}}

Specifications​

Browser compatibility​

See also​

  • The {{HTMLElement("figure")}} element.